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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark A Rose, San Jose, CA (US);
Simon Azriel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eva Bills Lacivita, Grayslake, IL (US);
Akila Varadarajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided for distinguishing certain transportation modes for an electronic device based on connection signal data. According to certain aspects, the electronic device may determine () that it is being transported by a vehicle. The electronic device searches or detects () nearby WLAN and/or WPAN signals and identifies (), based on the detected signals, how many devices are nearby the electronic device. The electronic device compares () the number of nearby devices to a threshold amount and, based on the comparison, either initiates () a public transportation mode or initiates () a driving mode.